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Powerful storms sweep across eastern Nebraska

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Updated: 8:42 AM CDT Jun 4, 2014

Powerful storms sweep across eastern Nebraska

We recap the impact of power storms that swept across the area Tuesday night.

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Updated: 8:42 AM CDT Jun 4, 2014

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WEBVTT CERTAINLY IS, BILL. OPERATION IS UNDER WAY NEAR 16th AND FOWLER. KETV NEWS WATCH 7'S DAVE BREAKING DETAILS. IT'S BEEN A WILD NIGHT IN THIS NORTH OMAHA NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THEIR HOMES NEAR 16th AND AMES. STARTING TO PEEL OUT OF HERE. THE GOOD NEWS? WE'RE TOLD THE WATER IS STARTING THE BAD NEWS, WITH EACH WAVE OF RAIN, IT'S COMING BACK UP. THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH AND DONE PRIMARY SEARCHES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM 16th TO 19th, FROM AMES ALL THE WAY UP AT LEAST THREE BLOCKS NORTH ALL THE HOUSES, MAKING SURE PEOPLE INSIDE CAN GET OUT AND GET RESCUED. NOT EVERYONE'S HOME WAS FLOODED. SOME WERE SURROUNDED BY WATER. EARLIER TODAY WE SAW SOMER,OF THESE PEOPLE GETTING RESCUED. IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL TIME FOR SOME FAMILIES, CHILDREN IN THEIR MOTHER'S ARMS BEING TAKEN FROM HOME, PUT INTO BOATS, LOAD INTO BUSES AND TAKEN TO A COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE RIGHT NOW WE'RE TOLD THEY ARE STILL THERE, POSSIBLY GOING TO SPEND THE NIGHT THERE OR AT LEAST TRY TO FIND A PLACE FOR THESE PEOPLE TO SOME PEOPLE WERE VERY EMOTIONAL ABOUT HAVING TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES. THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET BACK IN. POLICE KEPT THIS AREA VERY SECURE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT. THEY DIDN'T WANT ANY CRIME, ANY LOOTERS OR ANYONE IN THERE. THEY DIDN'T EVEN LET PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOMES BACK TO THEIR HOMES. RIGHT NOW A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SEARCH OF THE AREA NEAR 16th AND AMES APPEARS TO BE OVER. WE'RE ALSO TOLD THEY ARE ON STAND-BY IN CASE MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT HERE. THEY NEED HELP GETTING OUT OF THEIR HOMES. THEY TALKED TO PEOPLE OUT HERE EARLIER TODAY. NOT... WELL, ONE TIME THIS BAD, BUT I NEVER SEEN NO RESCUE LIKE THIS. IT'S PRETTY BAD WHERE THE MANHOLE COVERS ARE BLOWING OFF AND THERE'S BLACK MUD RUNNING AROUND. IT'S JUST NASTY. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS RESCUE EFFORT? ARE YOU SHOCKED? I AM. YOU'VE LIVED HERE HOW MANY YEARS NOW? 38. YOU'VE SEEN SOME FLOODS BEFORE... I SEEN THAT LAST ONE THAT WAS 11 INCHES, BUT NONE OF THIS CAME AROUND. AGAIN, THEY ARE WRAPPING UP THEIR PRIMARY RESCUE OPERATION DOWN HERE IN THE AREA OF 16th AND AMES, WHERE WE ARE HEADQUARTERED THIS OPERATION. WE'RE TOLD THEY WILL STAY ON STAND-BY. THEY DID A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SEARCH. THEY THINK SOME PEOPLE MIGHT CALL FOR HELP. THE THOUGHT THEY DIDN'T NEED ANY OR THEY WERE IN AN AREA WHERE THEY COULD GET OUT. STANDING BY IF ANYONE NEEDS THEM AT ANY MOMENT TO GET OUT OF THIS AREA. GOOD NEWS, THE WATER RECEDING. THE BAD NEWS, IT COULD GO RIGHT BACK UP. LIVE NEAR 16th AND AMES, DAVE ROBERTS, KETV NEWS WATCH 7. AS DAVE MENTIONED, RIGHT NOW SOME EVACUEES ARE FINDING SHELTER NEAR CORNISH AND AMES. AFTER BEING RESCUED CARRYING A FEW BELONGINGS AND TOWELED PICK THEM UP LIKE MARY HALL. SHE'S LIVED IN THE AREA FOR 50 YEARS AND SAYS THIS IS THE WORST RAIN SHE'S SEEN IN A LONG TIME. THE WORST FOR A LONG TIME. REALLY? YEP, YEP. A WHOLE LOT WORSE. WE HAVEN'T HAD IT LIKE THIS FOR A LONG TIME. ANY HIGH WINDS? DID YOU SUSTAIN ANY DAMAGE? NO DAMAGE, BUT, YEAH, THERE WAS HIGH WINDS AND HAIL. THERE WAS TWO GUYS, I BELIEVE THEY SAID THEY WAS VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS. HE GAVE US... THERE WAS TWO OF THEM. THEY BOTH GAVE US A RIDE TO HERE TO THE BUS. WELL, THEY DIDN'T, BUT THEY WALKED US. WHERE DO YOU EXPECT TO GO? THAT WAS JAMIE FITZGERALD VISITING HERE WHEN THE STORMS HIT. SHE'S HEADED TO HER HOME IN ANOTHER PART OF OMAHA. BUT PEOPLE ARE TAKING METRO BUSES TO THE FLORENCE COMMUNITY CENTER. THE RED CROSS HAS SET UP OPERATIONS BRACING FOR MORE ARRIVALS THERE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. WE SAW EVEN MORE FLOOD RESCUES IN OMAHA TONIGHT. WE SHOW YOU MORE AMAZING VIDEO, THIS TIME FROM SADDLE CREEK AND DODGE. WITNESSES SAY IT TOOK ONLY MOMENTS FOR THE WATER TO COME UP HIGH ENOUGH THAT IT BECAME IMPASSABLE FOR HANDFUL OF CARS. THAT'S WHEN THEY SAY FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO RUSH OUT HERE AND RESCUE FAMILY STRANDED IN A FLOODING CAR. I... YOU'RE IN THE FRONT? YES. THAT MAN AMONG FIVE IN THIS HONDA CR-V. IT'S OUT OF COMMISSION NEWS BECAUSE WATER FILLED THE CAR AS THEY DOVE ON SADDLE CREEK NEAR DODGE, EVEN SUBMERGING HIS SEAT IN MATTER OF MINUTES. FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO PULL ALL OF WE'RE TOLD EVERYONE'S OKAY. THEY COULDN'T TOW EVERYTHING TO SAFETY, SMALL THINGS FLOATED AWAY, LIKE THIS BABY'S SHOE. BUT THAT FAMILY WAS NOT ALONE. ANOTHER CAR WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE INSIDE ALSO STALLED OUT, AND THEIR CAR MIGHT STILL BE SITTING THERE IF NOT FOR A MAN NEARBY RALLYING A GROUP TO PUSH THEM OUT. I WAS DRIVING, I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO THE WATER ON THE GROUND AND DROVE INTO IT. I HAVE MY EMPLOYEES COME OUTSIDE, SEE IF THEY NEED HELP. WE ALL CAME OUTSIDE AND I TRIED TO HELP THEM OUT. THEY GOT OUT SAFELY. JASON CARLISLE WORKS NEARBY. IN SEVERAL YEARS HE'S ONLY SEEN THIS AREA FLOOD LIKE THIS A COUPLE TIME, BUT NO ONE HURT. A REMINDER HOW QUICKLY THE WATER COMES UP AND HOW QUICKLY IT CAN TAKE OVER CAR IN ITS PATH. NEAR DODGE AND SADDLE CREEK, DOUBLE TROUBLE FOR OMAHA POLICE TONIGHT. FLOODWATERS AS OFFICERS TRIED TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE. AND ANOTHER CRUISER PROVED TO BE NO MATCH FOR HAIL. JUST LOOK AT THAT DAMAGE AT THE NORTHEAST POLICE PRECINCT. BREAKING NEWS OUT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY TONIGHT. THIS STORM SENDS MORE THAN TWO DOZEN PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. MOST GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND KETV NEWS WATCH 7'S JERRY MASSKELL JOINS LIVES IN BLAIR. AT LEAST 27 PEOPLE WERE HURT IN BLAIR THIS AFTERNOON. I'M GETTING CONFLICTING REPORTS ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THOSE INJURIES, BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE, THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE IN THISSARY IS SEVERE. TAKE A LOOK, PERFECT EXAMPLE LIVE AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. HAIL AND THE STORM HAS SMASHED OUT WINDOWS OF PERSONAL VEHICLES. EVEN THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTY'S CRUISER, AS MANY AS A DOZEN OF TODAY, INCLUDING THE SHERIFF'S OWN PICK-UP. THE DAMAGE, AS BAD AS IT IS, IS FACTION OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING ACROSS THIS AREA ALL EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK IN BLAIR, NEBRASKA, SOMETHING IS DAMAGED, SHREDDED OR SHATTERED. I LOST MY BACK WINDSHIELD, MY FRONT WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. GLASS ALL OVER THE INSIDE OF MY LEATHER SEATS. IT'S RUINED. IT'S GONE. HUNDREDS OF HOMES CUT UP BY ICE, LEAVE, EVEN TREES TORN DOWN. FOR 10, 15 MINUTES, BETH BURGE WATCHED TENNIS BALL-SIZED HAIL PUMMEL HER PROPERTY. THERE WAS A HUGE WHOOSH OF WIND. AT POINTS IT WAS SO HARD TO SEE IN THE STORM, MORE THAN ONE DRIVER ENDED UP OFF THE ROAD, THIS CAR DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO FAST-FLOWINGR REEK. YOU COULD FEEL A BIT OF SHAKING. IT WAS SCARY. AT THIS INN AND SUITE, ALMOST EVERY NORTH AND WEST-FACING WINDOW IS BROKEN. SAD TO SEE ALL MY WORK GO. ACROSS BLAIR 27 PEOPLE HAD INJURIES, SEEK HELP AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. WE'RE TOLD EVERYONE WILL BE OKAY. THE CITY STARTS A LENGTHY CLEAN-UP WITH WINDOWS OUT AT CITY HALL, THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, AND STORM DRAINS CLOGGED WITH DEBRIS. WHICH IS CAUSING FLOODING TO THE INTERSECTIONS AND SO FORTH. WE HAVE TO GET THOSE CLEANED OUT WITH THEM CALLING FOR MORE RAIN YET THIS EVENING. THE ORIGINAL DAMAGE WAS DONE BY THE STORM. REALLY THE BIG EAST CONCERN AFTER THE ORIGINAL DAMAGE WAS DONE BY THE HAIL IS THE LINGERING RAIN, SO MUCH OF IT COMING DOWN ALL NIGHT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE HERE AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE MESS. THERE WAS SO MUCH RAIN, IT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE GET OUT AND GET ANY PROGRESS DONE. AS YOU HEARD, STORM DRAINS CLOGGED BY DEBRIS. SO THEY'LL BE WORKING TRUE THE NIGHT AS MANY PEOPLE AS THEY CAN FIND AND GATHER TO CLEAN UP IN CASE THERE IS ANY MORE RAIN TO PREVENT IT FROM DOING FLOODING OR DAMAGE IN OUR AREA. 7. JEREMY, THANKS. WE MENTIONED THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTY, THE SHERIFF'S TRUCK, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO 12 OF THE MARKED UNITS, INCLUDING THE TRUCK YOU SEE. NO CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS TONIGHT, BUT PEOPLE HAVE NO DOUBT. WE ARE SEEING MAJOR DAMAGE, PARTICULARLY IN CRAIG, WHERE KETV NEWS WATCH 7'S TIM JONES CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE. I'M AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN STREET AND FLAT. TO MY RIGHT YOU SEE FLATTENED GRAIN BINS. TO MY LEFT, THERE ARE BUSTED WINDOW, BROKEN TREE LIMB, DEBRIS EVERYWHERE LEFT AND RIGHT. FOR THIS TOWN OF 250 PEOPLE, THE FAITH IS STRONG. THE BARNS LAYING ON OUR VEHICLES, CAR DAMAGE, MY LITTLE GUY'S SWING SET IS IN THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD. NOTHING LOOKS THE SAME SINCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR MANY IN CRAIG. WE WERE OUT SPOTTING. THE WINDS STARTED TO GET STRONGER. WE STARTED TO COME TO TOWN. WHEN I COME TO THE IJ OF TOWN, I NOTIFIED DISPATCH TO SOUND THE SIRENS. A MINUTE LATER THE STORM TORE THROUGH THE TOWN'S BUSIEST STREET. TOM JENSON KNEW IT WAS BAD HEARING ALL THE NEWS WHILE DOWN IN HIS BASEMENT. BUT WHEN THIS MANGLED METAL MESS FROM HIS NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET ENDED UP IN HIS YARD, HE FEARED THE WORST. IF THIS WAS NOT A TORNADO, I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN A TORNADO. NOW JENSON HAS DAMAGED WORK TRUCK AND LOST SOME MATERIAL THINGS, BUT HE STILL HAS HIS SENSE OF HUMOR. I SAID, I JUST MOWED, GOOD THING. THIS WOULD BE A LOT OF BAD STUFF TO MOW AROUND. AND ALL AROUND HERE, NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS AND SHARING ENCOURAGEMENT. I JUST TELLMENT THEM TO STAY STRONG AND WE'LL BE THERE WHEN WE CAN OR IF THEY NEED HELP TO CALL SOMEBODY BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEBODY THAT WILL BE THERE TO HELP. THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF TELLS ME THE NEAREST TOWN WITH POWER IS DECATUR, MORE THAN 20 MILES AWAY. SO FUR NOW THEY'LL KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN SO ANYONE WHO LIVES NEARBY CAN COME IN FOR SHELTER AND WHEN THE SUN COMES UP, THEY'LL PICK UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF. IN CRAIRK TIM JONES, KETV NEWS WATCH 7. SUCH A ROUGH SITUATION THERE. ALSO A BREAKING STORY OUT OF FREMONT TONIGHT. A DEADLY CRASH BEFORE THE STORM. JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN. THE SHERIFF CONFIRMED TWO FATALITIES BUT AT THIS POINT THAT'S ALL THEY'RE RELEASING. ALSO AN UPDATE ON THE KIDS CURRENTLY AT CAMP KATAKI IN LEWISVILLE. STORM JUST FINE. THEY TOOK COVER IN THE BASEMENT OF A BUILDING. EVERYONE IS OKAY. PUT. DO NOT TRY TO GET YOUR KID. THEY'RE OKAY. RIVER AS WAVES OF WATER LEAVE WE HAVE A REPORT FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS. THIS IS HOW DEEP THE WATER IS ACROSS COUNCIL BLUFFS AT ANY INTERSECTION ACROSS TOWN. WE'RE AT 4th AVENUE AND 23rd STREET. WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE STUCK IN THEIR CARS ACROSS TOWN, INCLUDING THIS WOMAN AND HER BABY. THE ENGINE STOPPED AND SHE COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE. WE SAW THE SAME SITUATION NEARLY EVERY OTHER BLOCK. IT GOT SO BAD PEOPLE JUST STOPPED DRIVING AND STARTED WALKING. NOW RESIDENTS WAIT TO SEE HOYW WET THEIR HOMES WILL BE WHEN THE STORM FINALLY PASSES. FLOOD. THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN TOMORROW. FROM WHAT? HAIL. THE HAIL THAT WAS EARLIER. AND MY MOM HAS HAIL DAMAGE ON HER CAR. THREAT IN COMPARISON TO COLLAPSING TREES. I JUST HEARD A BIG SNAP, AND SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOUSE, BUT NOT MINE. IT WAS EVA'S PINE TREE. JUST SNAPPED WITH THE WIND AND EVERYTHING. EVA AND HER NEIGHBORS SAY CLEANING UP COULD TAKE A LONG TIME. ALTHOUGH STREETS ARE QUIET NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKELY TAKING WEDNESDAY. IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, MELISSA FRY, KETV, NEWS WATCH 7. JUST NORTH OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, MORE DAMAGE. TAKE A LOOK ON I-680 NEAR EXIT 1 JUST WEST OF CRESCENT. WATER IS COVERING ACRE AFTER ACRE. A CLOSER LOOK SHOWS HAIL CAME THROUGH JUST BEFORE THAT AND THE RAIN ALL SIMPLY DESTROYED THE CROP. ONE FARMER STOPPED BY LONG ENOUGH TO ROLL DOWN HIS WINDOW AND TELL US HIS CROP IS GONE. WELL, FURTHER EASTWARD, WE SAW EVEN MORE DAMAGE FROM THAT FIRST STORM CELL. THEN EVEN MORE RAIN AS THE STORMS CAME THROUGH AGAIN. HERE CAN ETV NEWS WATCH 7 WITH MORE. THE STORM WAS THAT HIT OAKLAND, IOWA, CHECK OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LONE TREE IN THIS ASPHALT PARKING ROT, LITERALLY JUST PROVED ALL THE WAY OVER IN THE SAME WAY THE WIND WAS BLOWING, THAT NORTHWEST WIND THAT SWEPT THROUGH TOWN. EVERYONE WE TALKED TO SAID WHEN THEY WENT TO THEIR BASEMENT, IT SOUNDED LIKE A TORNADO CAME THROUGH AND WHEN THEY CAME OUT, THEY SAW THAT WHAT WAS LEFT. HAIL DESTROYED THE SIDE OF THIS HOME ON L-66. THIS FARM STEAD HAD MOST OF ITS COMPLETELY. INSIDE OAKLAND... THE BASEMENT WINDOW GOT BUSTED OUT. HE HAD A LITTLE GLASS ON HIM. A LARGE TREE SNAPPED THE POWER LINE. CRACKING, THUNDER SOUNDED LIKE SHOTGUNS GOING OFF OUTSIDE. SOUNDS LIKE WHIPS CRACK. I THINK THAT'S WHEN THE TREE FELL AND THE LIGHTS FLICKERED. AT THE NEARBY BLIMPY'S, WATER IS THE MAIN ISSUE. SEEING THE LIGHTS ARE OFF, EVEN IF THEY NEED HELP, I BROUGHT MY GENERATOR IN AND HOOKED THAT UP AND STARTED BAILING WATER. PRETTY MUCH JUST TAKING OUT WATER FOR THE MOST PART AND TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING OUT UNTIL IT STARTS COMING BACK IN AGAIN. ON TOP OF THE CLEAN-UP FROM THE TREE DEBRIS THAT'S EVERYONE AROUND OAKLAND, THEY HAVE A LOT OF WATER TO DEAL, WITH NOT ONLY INSTHIED BLIMPIES BUT EVERYWHERE WE SAW SNOWPLOWS AS WELL AS FRONT-END LOADERS TRYING TO MOVE THE DEBRIS AND MOVE WATER SO CLEAN-UP CAN START. AS YOU CAN TELL, THESE STORMS AREN'T QUITE OVER YET. REPORTING IN OAKLAND, IOWA, KETV NEWS WATCH 7. COUNTY AND HARRISON COUNTY, AS WELL. KYLE GRAF LYNN HAS THOSE BREAKING DETAILS. THE SHOW STARTED IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA TODAY AND EASTERN NEBRASKA CERTAINLY SAW THEIR FAIR SHARE OF SEVERE WEATHER. WEATHER DID NOT IMPROVE. POWERFUL STORMS RIPPED THROUGH COUNTY. IT ALL STARTED DOWN IN THROUGH PARTS OF POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY. LARGE HAIL, VERY HEAVY RAIN, STRONG WIND GUSTS AND THAT HAIL WAS PILING UP ALONG PARTS OF I-29 BOTH NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND. AS YOU PULLED UP TO CRESCENT, IOWA, YOU'LL SEE THIS CAR HERE. ALMOST COMPLETELY SUBMERGED IN WATER AS IT ENDED UP GOING OFF THE ROAD AS A RESULT OF LOW VISIBILITY, HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. DID SEE ONE VERY LARGE TREE IN FRONT OF THIS HOUSE. LUCKILY IT MOSTLY MISSED THAT HOUSE. POWER LINES DOWN IN THAT AREA. WE CAUGHT UP WITH ONE PERSON EARLIER WHO DESCRIBED SOME OF THE DAMAGE HE SUSTAINED IN HONEY CREEK. ALL THE WINDOWS WERE BROKE OUT ON THE NORTH AND WEST SIDE OF THE HOUSE. SIDING'S ALL BEAT UP, DEPGHTSED UP, CROPS ARE JUST LIKENS THEY'RE WIPED OUT. IN MISSOURI VALLEY, THE LAST INN LOSING A ROOF OVER SEVERAL ROOMS. THE GOOD NEWS IS NO ONE WAS IN THOSE ROOMS AT THE TIME. IN ADDITION TO ALL THE SEVERE WEATHER AND DAMAGE CAUSED TODAY, THAT RAIN IS STILL COMING DOWN AT A VERY GOOD CLIP HEADING INTO TONIGHT, WHICH MEANS AT LEAST MINOR FLOODING IN SOME SPOTS. I NEED KEEP AN EYE ON ANY MORE WIND OR HAIL DAMAGE. REPORTING FROM HARRISON COUNTY, KYLE GRAF LYNN, KETV NEWS WATCH 7. BREAKING NEWS ON INTERSTATE 29. RIGHT NOW THE WIND BLUE A SEMION PERCIVAL. SOUTHBOUND LANES ARE CLOSED RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. EPPLEY AIR FIELD CLOSE FOR SEVERAL HOURS, CANCELING 33 HAIL BATTERED PLANES, AND CREWS HAD TO BRING OUT THE SNOW BROOMS TO CLEAR THE TAXIWAYS. THE MAIN THREAT NOW IS THAT HEAVY RAIN. LOOK WHAT THEY'RE UP AGAINST. EAST OF THE AIRPORT THEY'RE UP AGAINST WATER. AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL OF THE AIRPORT'S PUMP STATIONS ARE AT MAX CAPACITY. SO CHECK WITH YOUR AIRLINE IF YOU PLAN THE FLY OUT TOMORROW. TONIGHT'S CANCELLATION ALREADY THE STORM ISN'T OVER JUST YET. I WANT TO TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT THE LITTLE PAP OWE CREEK SO IT'S CALLED. IT'S NEAR 63rd AND L, ABOUT 10 TO 12 FEET OUT OF ITS BACKFLOWING EVEN CLOSER TO HOME THAN IT WAS AN HOUR AGO. WE SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE RESIDENTS THERE MAN, WHO SAID SHE WAS GETTING READY TO MOVE HER FAMILY OUT OF THERE, HOWEVER, NO FORMAL EVACUATIONS HAVE HAPPENED. JEFF NELSON SENT US THIS VIDEO. YOU CAN SEE THE BIG TREES FLOATING DOWN THE CREEK. HE ALSO SAID IT'S COVERING SOME OF THE BIG PAPIO TRAIL NEAR I-680 AND PACIFIC AS THE WATER CONTINUES TO RUN OFF IN THE STORM. 36th STREET CLOSED BETWEEN 370 AND CORNHUSKER. HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. THIS SKY CAM ATOP OF THE T.D. AMERITRADE BUILDING. THIS IS FROM EARLIER IN THE NIGHT. THE CREEK EXTREMELY SWOLLEN. A CLOSER LOOK AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF DEBRIS RIGHT DUNE THE MIDDLE OF IT. CLOSE TO OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS IN SOME SPOTS. THIS IS FROM THE MIRACLE HILLS GOLF COURSE. NORTH AND WEST OF THAT LAST PETE OF VIDEO, THIS ONE, YOU'RE 120th AND BLONDO. CHECK THAT OUT, THE CREEK RAPIDLY, MOVING QUICKLY, VERY FULL AT THIS POINT. AND WE HAVE VIDEO FROM BRIARWOOD. THAT CREEK FULL OF RAINWATER, THREATENING TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS, AS WELL. LOTS OF VIEWERS SHOW PLENTY OF HAIL TONIGHT. CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO FROM WEST POINT. YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, LIGHTNING IN THE BACKGROUND AND JUST LOOK AT THE GROUND. THERE IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE SNOW AS IT COMES OVER THE ROAD AND GRASS. EVERYTHING IN ITS SIGHT. IT'S FROM BLAIR, YOU LOCAL VIEWERS SENT THIS IN TO US. LOOK AT IT. HEAR THAT SOUND, THAT IS HITTING

Powerful storms sweep across eastern Nebraska

We recap the impact of power storms that swept across the area Tuesday night.